While many species on Earth have been teetering on the edge of extinction in recent decades, human beings have witnessed a population boom on a scale that is quite difficult imagine. It was just in 1804 that the human population first numbered one billion, which seems quaint considering that 200 years later, there's about 6.7 billion of us on Earth. So far, no one is really sure what this unchecked population growth means for the future of mankind -- or how...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo via UBC Botanical Gardens One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it's never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, it's attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there's only one more like it in the whole country....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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